Enhancement of Basic Motor Skills in U-8 Soccer through Motor Coordination

Abstract

Introduction: The enhancement of basic motor skills in grassroots soccer is an essential part for the acquisition of new sport-specific motor patterns, where motor coordination training can improve the skills of the initiation soccer’s. Objective: To enhance basic motor skills in U-8 soccer through motor coordination in the Training School “Coach Soccer Pro”. Methods: Descriptive-correlational research, studying 10 U-8 soccer players who are subjected to specialized coordination training based on improving basic motor skills (jumping, turning, throwing, hitting, running and driving). Results: Significant improvements are achieved in physical skills studied such as jumping (p = 0.004), turning (p = 0.004), throwing (p = 0.005), hitting (p = 0.004), running (p = 0.004) and ball handling (p = 0.007), showing that the intervention proposal contributes to enhancing these basic skills. Conclusions: The enhancement of basic motor skills in initiation soccer starts from the motor coordination development, taking as a fundamental basis the basic motor skills development for the subsequent execution of more specific motor movements. It is recommended to carry out an experimental research in the future, being able to validate the research results.